amyotrophy
1Amyotrophy — is progressive wasting of muscle tissues. Muscle pain is also a symptom. It can occur in middle age males with type 2 diabetes. It also occurs with Motor Neuron Disease. ee also* Diabetic amyotrophy * Monomelic amyotrophy * Amyotrophic lateral… …
2amyotrophy — Muscular wasting or atrophy. SYN: amyotrophia. [G. a priv. + mys, muscle, + trophe, nourishment] diabetic a. a type of diabetic neuropathy that primarily affects elderly patients with diabetes mellitus; clinically characterized by …
3amyotrophy — n. a progressive loss of muscle bulk associated with weakness of these muscles. It is caused by disease of the motor nerve that activates the affected muscle. Amyotrophy is a feature of any chronic neuropathy and it may be found in some diabetic… …
4amyotrophy — noun progressive wasting of muscle tissues • Syn: ↑amyotrophia • Hypernyms: ↑atrophy, ↑wasting, ↑wasting away * * * amyotrophy Path. (æmɪˈɒtrəfɪ) [mod. f. Gr. ἀ priv. + µῦς, µυ ός muscle + τροϕία nourishment.] …
5amyotrophy — noun atrophy of muscles …
6amyotrophy — n. gradual asymmetrical weakening and degeneration of muscles (Medicine) …
7amyotrophy — [ˌamɪ ɒtrəfi] noun Medicine atrophy of muscular tissue. Derivatives amyotrophic adjective Origin C19: from a 1 + Gk mus, muo muscle + Gk trophē nourishment …
8amyotrophy — amy·ot·ro·phy …
9Hereditary Neuralgic Amyotrophy — Hereditary Neuralgic Amyotropy, alternatively referred to as HNA, is a neuralgic disorder that is characterized by nerve damage and muscle atrophy, preceded by severe pain. It is caused by a mutation to the gene locus 17 q25 of the septin 9 gene …
10Monomelic amyotrophy — (also known as MMA, Hirayama s disease, Sobue diease or Juvenile nonprogressive amyotrophy) is an untreatable, focal, motor neuron disease that primarily affects young (15 25 year old) males in India and Japan. MMA is marked by insidious onset of …
